164 and was not sometimes able to prescribe for and relieve the suffering patients. From the centre of the city towards the walls, the houses became more and mါe scattered. Close to the walls, the squares were taken up with cultivated fields, and pasturage for cattle and sheep. No buildings were to be seen, unless it were here and there a farm-house, or acottage for shepherds. Here was the retirement of the country. Husbandmen were here $CEIl sowing their seed în autumn ; in harvest-time cutting down the tall millet, and sesame, as well as the wheat and barley. In the early part of autumn they climbed the tall palm trees to gather the dates, which grew in clusters under the leaves. Some of these were eaten fresh, others were preserved by pressing and drying, and wine was made from the remainder. ΟΗΑΡΤΕR Χ. Descript.ສ of the hanging garden -NvIaduzzar ικοπα deranged, - One day, just a year, after Nebuchadnezzar's dream of the great tree, he left his apartments in
